Health Education: Volume 104 Issue 2

The International Alliance for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Schools (INTERCAMHS)

Katherine Weare

Outlines the history and objectives of the International Alliance for Child and Adolescent Mental Health and Schools (INTERCAMHS), a network of agencies and individuals that…

Barriers to colorectal cancer screening in a low income, urban population: a descriptive study

Corey H. Brouse, Charles E. Basch, Randi L. Wolf, Celia Shmukler

The purpose of this study was to describe barriers to colorectal cancer (CRC) screening among a low income, urban sample. Participants were active members, or dependents, of a…

The emerging role of the physical activity promoter within health promotion

Angela Dawn James, Lynne Halley Johnston

This study examines the extent to which physical activity specialists are emerging within health promotion. Hierarchical content analysis was used to analyse 70 telephone…

Nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices: a comparison between medical practitioners and medical students in Bahrain

Khawla M. Al‐Madani, Jacqueline Landman, Abdulrahman O. Musaiger

The objective of this study was to evaluate nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices in Bahrain. A cross‐sectional survey was carried out in 1998. Highly statistically…

Bringing infertility prevention into focus for young people: “I guess I’m naïve and don’t think it can happen to me”

Marian Pitts, Francine Hanley

This project surveyed a sample of 280 male and female secondary students from Melbourne between the ages of 14 and 18 concerning their knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about…

Misperceptions of body shape among university students from Germany and Lithuania

Christiane Stock, Nazan Kücük, Irena Miseviciene, Janina Petkeviciene, Alexander Krämer

The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with misperceptions of body shape for 1,681 first‐year University students from Germany and Lithuania. The…